Workmen's advocate., 1887-04-09
FORCING THE ISSUE
CAPITALISTS OF ALL PERSUA-
 SONS UNITE.
The Labor Party Makes a Gallant Fight Corruption and lgno. rance Hold Sway-C0uni.
 ing Out Labor May.
 or Election.

The Labor Party has made anoth- CT move forward during the past week. It's main success was in forcing the issue of Labor to the front and compelling the forces of Capital to unite against the new party. The white terror displayed by the eXpIoiters was only half ear nest. Their real concern was in the line of business. They were afraid that if the radicals succeeded in carrying the election, they would also carry out certain reforms in the industrial fields which would tend to deprive the bosses of the privi- ilege of squeezing profits out of Labor. For the sake then, of secur- ing to themselves the privilege of buying labor at starvation wages and selling the products of that labor to the laDorers at an usurious advance, the capitalists united their forces to crush the workingmen.
 Chicago was looked upon as the most important point in the late election contests, and much interest was manifested in the campaign. The election resulted in a victory for the capitalists, the democrats" and republicans" voting for the candi- date nominated by the latter. The criminal elements were all solid for the capitalist candidate, and money was used without stint to influence poverty stricken and purchasable voters from the dives and slums. Robert Nelson, Labor's candidate received strong support, and the handsome vote of over twenty-five thousand boiled for him was ythe best evidence of real advance of the working people towards self government. k. D. Connor, Labor candidate for alderman from the Fifth Ward, was elected. We'll done, Chicago.
 Cincinnati came next in import ance, and the workers actually elect ed their mayoralty candidate by q small plurality. But this was too much for the corrupt politicians; so they counted" the vote again, and, according to last information, counted the Labor candidate out. Eight wards were carried completely by the Labor Party.
 Dubuque, Iowa, scored u brilliant victory. The Labor Party made a clean sweep of it there, electing every man on the ticket, and every Alderman. It is a complete revo- lution and surprise. The vote stood: Voelker, Labor, l,9S4; Pres ton, "democrat,' b23S; Gillian, ''repubIican," LOST; ..being 5i6 plu- rallty for Voolker.
 Denver, Colorado, had five tickets in the field, and the Labor Party boiled large vote. What the re- suit is has not transpired at time of going to press, though republican papers claim a victory.
 At Milwaukee the corruptionist parties had fusion ticket opposed to the Labor Partys candidates, yet the capitalist press concede the probable success of the Labor Party in electing their candidates for judges, one-half the Aldermen and one-third of the Supervisors. Ken osha, Wis, elected a full Labor ticket.
 But after all the fact that tn e two old parties have found it necessary to unite against us IS a matter of congratulation. With the issue D square one the Labor Party will grow powerful and send the ''repub- lican" party up salt creek to look for the democratic corruptionists. l at uc continua to forcn tho iSSup